Comparison

Chapter vs ContinuousReader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chapter

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Chapter is made for spending more time with your books. Read your EPUBs and PDFs, listen to EPUB books, and keep your library and reading history in one place. READ YOUR WAY Make your EPUB books comfortable to read with adjustable fonts, spacing, and light, dark, or sepia themes. Keep your PDF books alongside them in the same library. LISTEN TO YOUR BOOKS Let Chapter read your EPUB books aloud. Choose a voice and playback speed that suit you, then enjoy the next chapter. A PLACE FOR EVERY BOOK Organize your books into collections and keep track of what you’re reading. Search for titles or add them manually to include your physical books too. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Keep your library and progress in sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud. Jump back into your current book from the Continue Reading widget. GET TO KNOW YOUR READING HABITS Keep a history of your reading sessions. Chapter Pro adds daily and yearly goals, streaks, activity views, and deeper insights to help you see your progress over time. YOUR READING STAYS PERSONAL Chapter does not collect, sell, or share your personal data. Your reading data stays on your device and, if enabled, in your personal iCloud account. Chapter Pro is available as a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://sergiu-prodan.github.io/Chapter/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ContinuousReader

Currently charting
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ContinuousReader is a native reading app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, built around one idea: your reading position should follow you. Close a book on your Mac at midnight; open it on your iPhone in the morning β€” same book, same paragraph. YOUR PLACE, EVERYWHERE Reading positions, bookmarks, notes, and library metadata sync over iCloud across every Apple device on the same Apple ID β€” down to the exact paragraph. Book files sync through iCloud Drive. No account, no server but Apple's own. Each device keeps its own font, size, and theme. OPENS WHAT YOU HAVE EPUB, FB2, MOBI, HTML, TXT, RTF, DOC/DOCX (Mac), and their ZIP variants β€” with chapter extraction, footnotes, encoding detection, and embedded images. A READING EXPERIENCE YOU CONTROL Nine typefaces and 41 themes across five palettes, plus Typewriter and Terminal. Continuous scroll, paged, or two-page spread. Real hyphenation in Latin, Cyrillic, CJK, Arabic, and Greek. Read Aloud with word-by-word highlighting. On-device translation β€” nothing leaves your device. Reading statistics with shareable reports. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY Nested folders, color tags, genres, seven-color bookmarks with notes, three view modes, and OPDS catalogs (Standard Ebooks, Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, or your own). PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads. Your books are plain files in a folder you can copy anywhere. One-time purchase. Universal Purchase across Mac, iPad, and iPhone β€” buy once, read everywhere. Family Sharing supported.

Screenshots

Chapter4 screens
ContinuousReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chapter at Free against ContinuousReader's $19.99. ContinuousReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#114 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Chapter is free to download; ContinuousReader costs $19.99 up front. Chapter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ContinuousReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 3 level
Chapter versus ContinuousReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChapterContinuousReader
PriceFree β€” better$19.99
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
Best chart rankβ€”#114 β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size37 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergiu ProdanOleksii Koshkin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chapter

Subscriptions2
  • Chapter Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Chapter Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chapter Pro$9.99
None

ContinuousReader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chapter free?
Chapter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ContinuousReader free?
ContinuousReader costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chapter or ContinuousReader have ads?
Neither Chapter nor ContinuousReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chapter or ContinuousReader?
Chapter ships an update fortnightly, and ContinuousReader fortnightly. Most recently, Chapter was updated on October 24, 2026 and ContinuousReader on October 6, 2026.

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